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The "Home" Series - by mrs260 - Star Trek DS9

A Garak-Bashir story in three parts, set from "By Inferno's Light" to "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"
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Here’s a tale neatly told by @mrs260​. Beginning with a “missing scene” from “By Inferno’s Light,” in which Julian sets out to help relieve Garak of his claustrophobia and discomfort, the story follows through beautifully for a few weeks, through smaller scenes between the two of them as well a few with Odo and some others. The series is in three parts – “In the Dark,” “Home,” and “Secrets,” – and each one has a different focus. The first is hurt-comfort turning into something else, the second is slash, and third is an interesting Garak POV piece that examines the nature of Cardassian memory and even their perception of truth. 

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The smug little smile appeared in his mind’s eye as the self-satisfied voice caressed his ear. “You like this, don’t you?”

“Yes!”

“I suppose you’d like me to keep doing it.”

Was he actually planning to do this properly?! “Please,” Garak gasped.

The hands withdrew and Garak nearly exploded. “We should get back to bed before the patrol goes through,” Julian said smoothly.

Garak hissed, trying to gain control of the situation. “You infernal tease! Get back here!”

“I’m tired.” He didn’t sound the least bit tired. He sounded delighted at his position of power. Then, reasonably, “Come on, Garak, we both need sleep. We can’t do this here anyway. Wait until we’re back home.”

“Of course.” Garak smiled, finding the doctor’s mouth in the dark for one more kiss. “You really have mastered the art of conflict, doctor. When I teach you the finer nuances that allow us to distinguish between antagonism and passion you will be a most stimulating and challenging mate.”

Julian chuckled as they made their way back to the prisoners barracks. “Do you know my first name?”

“Of course.”

“Nobody would ever know,” Julian said archly.

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Title: Home Series – “In the Dark” | “Home” | “Secrets” 
Author: mrs260 
Year Posted: 2009 
Approx. Word Count: 8,900
Chapters: 3 (stories)
GB - Slash or Platonic: slash
My Rating (1-5): 4
Keywords: “By Inferno’s Light,” Camp 371, hurt/comfort, friends-to-lovers, first time, Dr. Bashir, I Presume, genetic revelation, Cardassian memory, literature discussion

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eliciaforever: “ allthingslinguistic: “ Cheer-damnably-ho! A 1928 expletive infix from Dorothy Sayers, via Dennis Baron on twitter. ” This is also called dystmesis. When you drop an infix into a word to amplify emotion, it’s tmesis. The example...
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Cheer-damnably-ho! 

A 1928 expletive infix from Dorothy Sayers, via Dennis Baron on twitter.

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This is also called dystmesis.

When you drop an infix into a word to amplify emotion, it’s tmesis. The example Dennis gives of “abso-bloody-lutely” is tmesis. “Whole nother story” is another common example of tmesis.

Dystmesis happens when you infix, but you do it in an unlikely place or with unexpected words.

“Un-fuckin-believable” is tmesis but “unbe-fucking-lievable” is dystmesis.

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